. if the court declines, gay and lesbian couples will have the right to marry. >>> saving $800 billion in tax reform and 900 billion in mandatory cuts. it does not increase tax rates on upper income americans which the white house insist must be included in any deal. >>> on wall street stocks opened higher but eventually lost ground. dow fell 59 points. the nasdaq dropped 8 points. >>> new figures show new car sales are up around the bay area and nationwide. the biggest spike is up with volkswagon up 35% and toyota up 17%. chrysler had the most robust sells, up 14%. an economist we spoke to said new car sales are an indicator of an economic recovery. >> the unemployment rate is declining slowly. it looks like the housing market nationally may have bottomed out. so, it's a recovery alex savage -- but fragile. >> sales last month were even better than the national number. >>> investigators are looking into a fire right near the zoo that caused an estimated $1 million worth of damage. this happened saturday afternoon. the building was once part of a massive swimming pool complex but has been va

having them fixed one your tax dollars. the long time next reached the end of the road. >>> good evening. i'm gasia mikaelian. the storm wasn't as big as the previous one but was big enough to cause plenty of problems. this pine tree fell on top of some parked cars. two vehicles were hit by the tree but no injuries. in san francisco a big tree came crashing down -- on a home. the homeowners say a branch punctured the roof of a bedroom just as the young son ran from the room. no injuries here either. >>> road crews cleaning up a rock and mud slide along highway north 1. and there could be a full closure tonight while crews fin issue the clean up. the slide was discovered about 1 this afternoon. drivers expect i did lays. >>> and new at 7. technology development that may be able to predict landslides. thrive san francisco where she to bees researcher attempting find ways when and where landslides might happen. >> reporter: can wear in the sea cliff neighborhood. now researchers say that are learning more about exactly what causes happened to give -- happened to -- happened to give away. >>

. officials warned that if a partial tax measure failed last month, this would happen, and the measure did fail. >> we're basically at a juncture now where we don't have an awful lot of options available to us. >> fire officials said they made their decision based on call volume of at each. firefighters say closing the station will increase response time. >> we'll have to reconsider our tactics, maybe not go in because when you -- when you go in to do an interior fire tack, you need to have the necessary backup on the outside. >> the supervisors asked the fire chief to come back with more information on specific stations and possible alternatives. >> it is most likely that there'll be some closure, whether that means full or partial closure, i think it's too early to tell. >> the board of supervisors expected to decide the fate of this fire houses next weevenlth in martinez, rob ross, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now, to oakland where investigators say a car found burning overnight was probably a stolen vehicle that had not been yet reported. it was about 3:00 a.m. when firefighters did get th

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